Eid al-Adha, also called the "Sacrifice Feast", is the second of two Muslim holidays celebrated worldwide each year, and considered the holier of the two. It honors the willingness of Abraham to sacrifice his son Ismaeel, as an act of obedience to God's command. Before he sacrificed his son, God intervened by sending his angel Gabriel, who then put a ram in his son's place. In commemoration of this, an animal is sacrificed and divided into three parts: one third of the share is given to the poor and needy; another third is given to relatives, friends and neighbors; and the remaining third is retained by the family. [wiki]
Here in Ondonesia, we have already received our gift of mutton. The poor goat involved was scuffling about, alive and well, near my front gate last night when I got home from work.
Originally posted by @suzianneYou can just go look it up if your interest is genuine, Suzianne. The Quran is searchable just like the Bible.
And I assume that this fairy-tale about a supposed attempted sacrifice of Ishmael is in the Qur'an?
Care to give a reference as to where in the Qur'an this section can be found?
Originally posted by @sonhousePretty much all religious texts - as far as I am aware - are perceived as "holy" by whichever groups believe in them. And that's what being "holy" amounts to: it's a kind of aura or a significance generated by the perception and reverence of the various religions' adherents.
Tell me why they are 'holy'?
Originally posted by @suzianneYou think the story ~ about the willingness of Abraham to sacrifice his son to demonstrate his obedience to God's command ~ is a "lie"?
When those supposed "holy" scriptures directly lie about and misrepresent an event clearly related in my holy scriptures, yeah, I take exception.